Public Sector Rich List - NHS

The NHS was handed big budget increases throughout the 2000s. Between 1999 and 2008, NHS spending increased in real terms by an average of 6.3 per cent per year. Since the Great Recession, NHS spending has been protected, rising very slightly above inflation.
However given impending demographic challenges and the fact that the kind of budget increases of the 2000s are simply not feasible, productivity will have to increase and pay will have to be restrained.

Public Sector Rich List - NHS

Throughout its 67 year history, the NHS has received large, real term budget increases for a few years followed by few years of lower spending. Between 1979 and 1997, NHS spending increased in real terms by an average of 3.2 per cent per year.

However given impending demographic challenges and the fact that the kind of budget increases of the 2000s are simply not feasible, productivity will have to increase and pay will have to be restrained.

“Over the last ten years, there has been significant real growth in the resources going into the NHS, most of it funding higher staff pay and increases in headcount. The evidence shows that productivity in the same period has gone down, particularly in hospitals.”